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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Steven Mitchell Taylor, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/24 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/246 (2013.01); F01D 9/042 (2013.01); F01D 9/044 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2240/11 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); F05D 2270/101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbomachinery stator apparatus includes: a compressor casing including a casing wall defining an arcuate flowpath surface and an opposed backside surface, the flowpath surface defining at least two spaced-apart rotor lands; and a stator vane row of stator vanes disposed inside the compressor casing; wherein the casing wall includes at least one hollow structure; and wherein the casing wall is a single monolithic whole, wherein the stator vanes are integrally formed as part of the monolithic whole.